Always have the highest bar for yourself.
DAVE GROHLGuilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It’s a black wall. It’s a thief.
More Dave Grohl Quotes
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The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
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As I get older… I start to realize that life ain’t half bad. Each year, I’m amazed that I’m still alive. I don’t take any of this for granted, I’m a lucky dude.
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There’s nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves.
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What’s the last thing a drummer says in a band? ‘Hey guys, why don’t we try one of my songs?’
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No one is you, and that is your power.
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When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.
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There’s nothing I’d rather do than make music. It’s the love of my life.
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The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone’s cool.
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It’s not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like I’m Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.
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In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can’t replace the magic of four people in a room playing.
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How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.
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When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn’t last forever.
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That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.
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When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer – I don’t know if they’d ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music.
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There’s something about heartbreak that makes for great music, but the same could be said for Jägermeister. Hangovers make for great music, too.
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